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Author Topic: Is Starsector's setting influenced by The Foundation Series (by Isaac Asimov)?  (Read 3085 times)

Hari Seldon

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Is Starsector's setting influenced by The Foundation Series (by Isaac Asimov)?
« on: January 05, 2014, 08:48:10 PM »
The classic science fiction book series The Foundation series, by Isaac Asimov is about the collapse of the Galactic Empire and the struggle to minimize the subsequent dark age.  I read it when I was a kid and I hope that Starsector is either influenced by the Foundation Series or has easter egg(s) referencing it. ;)
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David

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Re: Is Starsector's setting influenced by The Foundation Series (by Isaac Asimov)?
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2014, 09:15:42 PM »
Won't speak for Alex, though we're both really into this stuff (and trade science fiction book recommendations! It's fun).

I think I read the first book of the Foundation series back in high school but never got farther than that. It's weird though because I've read tons of classic science fiction and /most/ Asimov but just missed those ones. Still, the connection to the fall of Rome and all the tropes surrounding that are probably pretty obvious and they're strong themes in a *lot* of stories.
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